Amplifier

Amplifier

Any electronic device designed to inrease the volume of sound.

Industry: Consumer electronics

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Class B2

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

class B operation where grid current flows for some portion of the input cycle.

the "standard" tube circuit where the cathode is connected to the "common" point on the circuit, usually ground, and usually through a resistor, which is often bypassed with a capacitor, placing it ...

common grid

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A tube stage which has the grid connected to the "common" point on the circuit, usually ground. This doesn't have to be a physical DC connection, it can be an AC ground, i.e. grounded through a ...

common plate

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A tube stage which has the plate connected to the "common" point on the circuit, usually ground This doesn't have to be a physical DC connection, it can be an AC ground, i.e. grounded through a ...

concertina phase splitter

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The name given to the single-tube phase inverter in which the in-phase signal is taken off the cathode and the out-of-phase signal is taken off the plate, with equal-value plate and cathode ...

control grid

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A wire mesh element located between the cathode and plate of an electron tube which controls the flow of electrons between the two elements. The control grid draws no current, and as such, presents ...

coupling capacitors

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

capacitors which are used between stages in a guitar amplifier. They block the DC plate voltage of the previous stage, while passing the AC guitar signal on through.